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Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.
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Dec 19th, 2023
Activision Blizzard to pay $55 million in gender discrimination settlement
Agreement puts end to lawsuit filed by the Department of Fair Employment and Houses in 2021
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Apr 21st, 2021
Discord considers IPO as Microsoft talks end
Company is apparently interested in going public in the future
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Mar 26th, 2021
Report: Discord holding "exclusive" sale discussions with Microsoft
Negotiations have reached an "advanced" stage, deal could close next month
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Mar 23rd, 2021
Report: Microsoft among companies looking to buy Discord
Chat platform is apparently up for sale with a $10 billion price tag
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Mar 11th, 2021
EA investigating allegations of staff selling FIFA UT cards
Posts on social media point claim to show employees selling cards for huge sums of money
Activision Blizzard to pay $55 million in gender discrimination settlement
Agreement puts end to lawsuit filed by the Department of Fair Employment and Houses in 2021
Discord considers IPO as Microsoft talks end
Company is apparently interested in going public in the future
Report: Discord holding "exclusive" sale discussions with Microsoft
Negotiations have reached an "advanced" stage, deal could close next month
Report: Microsoft among companies looking to buy Discord
Chat platform is apparently up for sale with a $10 billion price tag
EA investigating allegations of staff selling FIFA UT cards
Posts on social media point claim to show employees selling cards for huge sums of money
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